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'''Cornel West''' is a leading [[African-American]] scholar, [[philosophy|philosopher]], [[civil rights]] activist, author, political critic and commentator. In 2010, Dr. West was the Class of 1943 University Professor at [[Princeton University]] where he taught in both the department of Religion and the Center for African American Studies. As of 2020, Dr. West is on the faculty at [[Harvard]]<ref>[http://www.cornelwest.com/bio.html Bio from Cornel West's personal website], last access 12/28/2020</ref>. | '''Cornel West''' is a leading [[African-American]] scholar, [[philosophy|philosopher]], [[civil rights]] activist, author, political critic and commentator. In 2010, Dr. West was the Class of 1943 University Professor at [[Princeton University]] where he taught in both the department of Religion and the Center for African American Studies. As of 2020, Dr. West is on the faculty at [[Harvard]]; he has also taught at Union Theological Seminary, Yale, and the University of Paris<ref>[http://www.cornelwest.com/bio.html Bio from Cornel West's personal website], last access 12/28/2020</ref>. | ||
In addition to writing and lecturing for an academic audience, West also appears in popular culture as a way of reaching out to "ordinary people" - he has appeared in ''The Matrix Reloaded'' and ''The Matrix Revolutions'' as "Councilor West". He has also been involved in a number of hip-hop recording projects - specifically ''Never Forget: A Journey of Revelations'' (recorded with BMWMB - Black Men Who Mean Business - and a range of rappers and recording artists including [[KRS One]], [[Talib Kweli]], [[Andre 3000]], [[Jill Scott]] and [[Gerald Levert]] - and the group Cornel West Theory. | In addition to writing and lecturing for an academic audience, West also appears in popular culture as a way of reaching out to "ordinary people" - he has appeared in ''The Matrix Reloaded'' and ''The Matrix Revolutions'' as "Councilor West". He has also been involved in a number of hip-hop recording projects - specifically ''Never Forget: A Journey of Revelations'' (recorded with BMWMB - Black Men Who Mean Business - and a range of rappers and recording artists including [[KRS One]], [[Talib Kweli]], [[Andre 3000]], [[Jill Scott]] and [[Gerald Levert]] - and the group Cornel West Theory. | ||
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Revision as of 19:45, 28 December 2020
Cornel West is a leading African-American scholar, philosopher, civil rights activist, author, political critic and commentator. In 2010, Dr. West was the Class of 1943 University Professor at Princeton University where he taught in both the department of Religion and the Center for African American Studies. As of 2020, Dr. West is on the faculty at Harvard; he has also taught at Union Theological Seminary, Yale, and the University of Paris[1].
In addition to writing and lecturing for an academic audience, West also appears in popular culture as a way of reaching out to "ordinary people" - he has appeared in The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions as "Councilor West". He has also been involved in a number of hip-hop recording projects - specifically Never Forget: A Journey of Revelations (recorded with BMWMB - Black Men Who Mean Business - and a range of rappers and recording artists including KRS One, Talib Kweli, Andre 3000, Jill Scott and Gerald Levert - and the group Cornel West Theory.
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- ↑ Bio from Cornel West's personal website, last access 12/28/2020